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dem gaat ASAHE'L H. PATCH, or HAMILTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

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VThe` Schednle referred to 'in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

. inthe county of `Essexv and State of Masssachusetts, have invented a new and improved Clothes-Blier; and

-I do hereby declare `that `the following is a full, clear,

and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawing The object of inyiuventicn isto provide a more simple and convenient apparatus for suspending clothes, forndrying them, than 'those now `in use -f'or the same purpose. l L y The invention consists in the construction and an.

. rangement of parts hereinafter described, and speciically stated inltheclairrr; l i

-ihedrawing represents a side elevation of my im-` proved ap'paratus, f L;

Arepresents theY horizontal supporting-bar, supported on posts- B. V

' O is the clothes-holding rod, 'suspended by cords,-

D,`working over guides or pulleys, E, attached to the beam, and thence being united in one cord, at G, over other-"guides or pulleys, F, on thepost, down to a position where they maybe conveniently reached for the bars O, which are let down to i 'raising or lowering receive the clothes, and raised again and held up by the cords being attached to the `pins H.

As many of these bars O may be employed as necessary for the quantity of clothes to be dried. I thus provide the simplest and cheapest arrangement vpossible for attaining the end in view, and one within the capacity of a person' possessing ordinary mechanical skill or capacity to construct. Its advantages in respect to these qualities, as well as the ease with which it may be operated, must secure general commendation.

Having thusdescribed my invention,

I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patentv The beam A, posts B B, the bar C, cords D D, snspending guides or brackets E E and F, and stud-pin H, all arranged as and for the purpose specied. f

` ASAHEDH. PATCH.

NVitnesses:

JOSEPH P. Lovnnlsc, SARAH E. LovERlNG. 

